Penguins 4, Islanders 3: Sidney Crosby scored with 1:16 remaining to give host Pittsburgh a victory over New York last night.

Crosby’s 12th goal of the season was the 250th of his career. He also had an assist. Chris Kunitz had two goals and an assist, Evgeni Malkin had a goal and two assists and James Neal added two assists

“We had a lot of chances, but that wasn’t our best game,” Crosby said. “We probably could’ve put it away early, but they hung around.”

Jeff Zatkoff, playing for the first time since Nov. 2, stopped 32 shots in his fourth NHL start.

Thomas Vanek scored twice for the Islanders in his first game after missing five because of an upper-body injury.

Canadiens 3, Capitals 2: David Desharnais scored his first goal of the season, and Montreal took an early 3-0 lead then overcame two goals from Alex Ovechkin in a victory over host Washington. Ovechkin scored on a first-period power play and again in the third period to give him an NHL-leading 19 goals.

Flames 4, Panthers 3, SO: Sean Monahan scored the winning goal in the sixth round of the shootout to lift host Calgary over Florida. The Panthers scored twice in the third period to overcome a 3-1 deficit and sent the game to overtime.

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